Forum Moderators: open
If you pave the parking lot they say tarmac instead of pavement, and that's not so bad - most everyone can figure that one.
I guess the one that sticks in my crawl the most is the use of "one-off" to mean a one time event. Boy-oh-boy, how are you suppose to know what that means.
But what I'm asking is this:
What do english folk mean when they say, "you don't know you're born."
Is that the equivalent of you don't know squat or what exactly does it mean?
Thanks,
'scuse moi .
I couldnt understand him - I got only a few words and gathered an idea about what he was saying. Truly terrible.
Neddie ..I cant undestand him ..ask him "whats he saying"
Eccles ..OK
Little Jim ...( various small indistinguishable noises are heard from "jim" )..
Neddie ..whats he say
Eccles ..he says that he doesnt know what he is asying either ..
Fertang!
he says that he doesnt know what he is asying either
Was that intentional and are you referrnig (sic) to Neddy Seagoon?
(Now the colonials are really wondering what we are are goin' on aboot!)
(Now the colonials are really wondering what we are are goin' on aboot!)
Even the natives have no idea what you're on about! Must be a generational thing! ;-)
Syzygy
stealing dartmoor prison was one of the best ...
Neddy ..you silly boy ..
not generational ..we just had better food drink drugs and no HIV....sniff ..those were the days ..we didn'nt know we was born ..and we 'ad 'ovis and sohdee bread..southeners don't know what they is tho ...big girls blouses that they are
...lived in a shoe box...
There's a generation between the 1950's Goons and Monty Python in the 70's, even if it is still the same pre-pubescent humour...(blows Secombe-esque raspberry whilst doing a Cleasian silly walk) :-)
...a pint of beer was 2/6d... and I wore hipsters with a 28" waist...
Isn't that what they call inflation...? ;-)
Syzygy
Oh no - it's started again!AlexK:
What was the name of that TV programme?
Boy, that took some time to remember.
...a pint of beer was 2/6dHmm, expensive tastes. The stuff I drank in Newcastle pubs was 1/11 3/4d (one shilling, eleven pence and three-farthings--less than 10p) and even cheaper in the Union bar. The Newcastle Union was the number one university in terms of gallons of beer drunk, and was reputed to out-drink numbers 2 and 3 combined! For the benefit of our USA cousins the student age was 18+, and it was (is) legal to drink at that age.
Probably not a lot has changed there. Apart from the price, of course.
always someone to spoil a good story... mumble...
I also recommend Newcastle Brown Ale to anyone (mustn't forget to promote the nation). I cannot recall the price in 1968, but it was even more expensive than the 'good' ale, and worth every penny.
so much to see, so much to do ... so many different ways of life and so many different dialects packed into a tiny island (and a few even tinier islands)
sad thing is that very few brits appreciate britain ..... they all fly out to spain for holidays in the sun with cheap booze and you know what .....
great britain / UK (or whatever you americans want to call it!) is a wonderful place ........ it's a shame you only come over to see . . . London Bridge (real name Tower Bridge!)
Ha, you need to brush up on your local history. Some farsighted American bought London Bridge years ago and moved it to Arizona [prairieghosts.com] (southwest United States, which is in America). :)
Apparently the bridge came complete with ghosts.
Ha, you need to brush up on your local history. Some farsighted American bought London Bridge years ago and moved it to Arizona (southwest United States, which is in America). :)
i was making the point that americans call tower bridge "london bridge"!
i'm a londoner born and bred!
Yep, somehow I already had that figured out. :)
Maybe you should put a big sign on Tower Bridge informing the americans that if all they came to see was London Bridge, they should turn around and go to Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA. ;)
Y'know, I've always wanted to be able to say that.
Well, there is a brige called London Bridge, but it's not the one you (Americans) think :)
Without having checked to confirm - and if memory serves me well (which it usually doesn't) - the present London Bridge was built after the old London Bridge (which needed to be knocked down and replaced) - was sold off to the American chappie.
This was the person who - in considering the logistics of transporting "Tower Bridge" to the States brick by brick - had each brick marked and numbered so that everything could be reassembled correctly at a later stage.
Having marked all the bricks the deconstruction process commenced. This revealed that every brick was already marked and numbered. This had been done during the construction!
Syzygy
the old London Bridge (which needed to be knocked down and replaced) - was sold off to the American chappie.
Big red grapes up on the vineOooh that's so hurtful. ;~]
Big red grapes wish they were mine
Big red grapes too high for me
Big red grapes not ripe I see
I’m sure that they must be
Sour sour grapes ;)
The old London bridge was collapsing due to the volume of traffic. It was sold off to the American guy because it had no value. Britain is full of old bridges, we had no use for it so there are no sour grapes involved.
Enjoy your bridge and let us know if you want any more old stuff. We've got stacks of it over here :)
It was sold off to the American guy because it had no value.
What, huh?
